McALESTER —
Anna Prichard is the new Miss McAlester for 2013
Jessie Matthews is the new McAlester’s Outstanding Teen.
The two girls were crowned Saturday night at S. Arch Thompson Auditorium — and both have now won the right to represent McAlester in statewide pageants in 2013.
Cheyanne Lovett won first-runner-up and the Miss Congeniality awards in the Miss McAlester Pageant.
Anna Marie Rowell won second runner-up in the Miss McAlester competition.
Marla Ichord won the Most Photogenic award.
In the McAlester’s Outstanding Teen Pageant, Alexandria Williams won first runner-up.
Williams also won the Crowd Pleaser award for her spirited tap dance on “Footloose” and won the Advertising and Marketing Award as well.
Journey Nunnelee finished second runner-up in the Outstanding Teen competition.
Amber Lenington, an Outstanding Teen contestant, won the Miss Congeniality Award.
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Prichard new Miss McAlester; Matthews Outstanding Teen
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